The Straits Times, 1 January 1961

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    12 1 THE SUNDAY TIMES Mi No. 1323 SUNDAY, JANUARY 1, 1961 20 CENTS
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    *****96 wins that $375,000
    274 1 *****96 wins that $375,000 JUHORE BAHRU, Sot Ticket No *****96 sold m Malacca won the first prize of $375,000 m the Social and Welfore Services December lottery drawn here today. The second pmc of 125.000 went to ticket No. U***** sold in Johore. the third ($60.000> to *****36 M>!d in
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    PREMIERS CALL ON PEOPLE TO WORK HARD IN NEW YEAR
    675 1 THE Prime Ministers of the two Malayan territories, in their New Year messages today, both called on the people to work together and harder— for a happier and more progressive New Year. The Federation Prime Minister, Tcngku Abdul Rahman, said:
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    Lock icon The Sunday limes wishes its readers a Happy New Year
    33 1 Singapore model Modesta Blunner joins the Sunday Times in wishing all its readers a very happy New Year. -Picture by Lee Tuck Soon.
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    Rest of the world
    206 1 MEW YORK, Sot. The United Nations was told yesterday that about five battalions of Communist North Vietnam troops had invaded Laos. Mr. Sisouk Na Champaw k the Laotian representative in the U.N., reported the invasion to the Secretary-General. Mr. Dag Hammarskjoeld. and dL»nukwd the possibility of
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    PAP warns against danger of 'Chinese city' surrounded by Malaysian people
    455 1 PAP warns against danger of 'Chinese city' surrounded by Malaysian people CINGAPORE, Sot.— An independent Singapore would very likely give rise to a situotion in Malaysia similar to that of the Palestine problem in the Middle East, warns a People's Action Party policy statement published today. This dangerous situation would
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    Date for Ong probe team
    406 1 SINGAPORE, Saturday. THE Commission of Inquiry, headed by a High Court judge, to investigate allegations by Mr. Ong Eng Cuan, former Minister for National Development and Member for Hong Lim. will be constituted on Tuesday, the Prime Minister's office announced today It will have the
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    Che Yusof 'State confident of future'
    578 1 Che Yusof 'State confident of future' CINGAPORE, Sat. Th« Yang di-Pertuan Negara Inche Yusof bin Ishak in a New Year Message today. said that th« State of Singapore was looking forward to the next and future year with great confidence. He said in a broadcast, that Singapore had slowly but
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      98 1 \xif^"""y CHOOSING A GIFT THAT Will CONVEY YOUR SENTIMENTS X EIOOUENTLY IS SO SIMPLE \y t ♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦♦v When kta important to look your very tMet 'Toucli-juid-Glow'is the inakc»uj) loryou X J 1 m __■> vH i J __*-^_B_r3 led 111 '__Hr > __a_ltM-l I _v _m _M r _B f
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      56 1 The weathermen predict rain SINUAPORE, Sat Wea- 1 therm< 11 prcdu", a wet I New Year tomorrow. The Meteorological Department this afternoon foreitttred showers in lapon in the morning with rain in the aitemoon. Fair at night. sol in MM .relight rain in the mornnig, .nrred showers during j the
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    The night I lost my heart to Rubirosa
    3408 2 ZSA iZS^r 089 tells all: Suddenly my room was full of roses 4 THIS MAN DOES NOT TOY WITH WOMEN** HE PL A YS FOR KEEPS 9 IN the period which now began, one great lover my husband, George Sanders drifted gradually
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    Versatile and vivacious
    42 2 Zsa Zsa and daughter Frances ot home: "She has a fin* collection of books and records. EE Z ZtO visited b Y isfer Ev during the filming of "Lili," in which Zsa Zsa plays the part of a dancer.
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      173 2 EVERY PIECE OF WATERFORD GLASS 13 A COLLECTORS ITEM mi's »3g?*jfc 1 f ,-A f wWm*d Eiwv TjßgKl' /vT IgWgflQgttg^gf x-^fiS I^?^ ySjak J FLUTING BEAUTY HELD POX ETttNITY The scintillating brilliance of Waterford Glass is no: lor this generation alone as with that of the past, it will live
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    Send me your shirt, said Sir Simon
    1283 3  -  PEARSON PHILLIPS WtW^tJ'FfWfVTT^^F Discovering in detail the secret that sells mXjA*+liiMmimd*& to typists and also gets the tiara trade INTRODUCING BRITAIN'S MAESTRO OF MERCHANDISING 13 YOl o.llld call h i in, I suppose, I lie BMO who put the sparks into M arks.
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      232 3 7 Af j^flf^^RK^fes^ iff A dream comes true AUTOMATIC PHOTOGRAPHY Furth.r HOlLtl program «Ot LtIFLFX T 3*F 2»F TELE-ROLLEIFLEX BOLIII PENTA PMSM ROLLEI MICRO ATTACHMINI only yam-Bukhgais r^m I sores so fast IX *Ai.J* c Z am -Buk. the world* crratr« hriler. tnd IPi *X^P ///I Von" never have io
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    Fed-up BB wants to quit
    404 4  -  Robert Ahici AFTER TWO MORE FILMS VLL GIVE UP ACTING AND LIVE ON MY INCOME' Hy PARIS Saturday FRANCE'S greatest sex symbol is fed up with fame and money. She wants to quit. Brigitte Bardot, tired of it all at the tender age of 26
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    Merry Christmas —from the electric chair
    56 4 MEW YORK, Sot.— Roy Allen Young died in Oklahoma's electric choir lost week for shooting a policeman. And as the straps were adjusted on this 34-year-old ex-taxi-driver he smiled, winked at a priest, and said: "I wish you oil o merry Christmas, and I
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    Chuckles in the news
    47 4 Chuckles in the news NEW YORK'S Stern College for Women is to present the play "Twelve Angry Men" with an all-female cast. Christmas present "for the woman who has everything else." advertised by a New York Jeweller: dia-mond-and-r v b y studded, gold, automatic coffeemaker price U8550,000.
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    HAVING FUN WITH HER EX-HUSBAND
    36 4 HAVING FUN WITH HER EX-HUSBAND Brigitte Bardot confers with her former husband, Director Roger Vadim, on the set of her latest film, "La Bride Sur Le Cou" (On The Loose), now being filmed in Paris. ZZIIZZZZIZZZIZIZ^""
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    A question of honour
    42 4 NEW YORK, Sat. Bad drivers judge themselves and recommend their own sentences In the little town of Lawtey, Florida. What's to stop all offenders acquitting themselves? Nothing except that the drivers are on their honours to act decently.
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    PROBE INTO THE PAST OF GREAT AMERICANS
    83 4 CAMBRIDGE (Massachuv^ setts i. Sat. George Washington, America's first President, is to be investi- gated. 80 are President Abraham Lincoln and many other eminent Americans you would think above suspicion. Did they have Negro blood? I Or a criminal record hidden In their
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    Mormons take census of the dead to save souls
    446 4 Mormons take census of the dead to save souls LONDON. Saturday. A WARNING has gone out to Church of England diocesan registrars putting them on their guard against members of the wealthy American religious sect, the Mormons, who are visiting churches in Britain and photographing parish registers to collect the
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      366 4 I > j j i I A\ BEAUTY Confidentially: How to Beat J f? Fi FW IM fl' 1 l^« S f rhe Thiev es of Charm Meet Your *^BNH w XI ri/JuW I i c Beauty Club Fnends The Way to Look mm/ Ii I i II f* 411
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    Vital changes for Singapore Polite force in New Year
    493 5  - Vital changes for Singapore Polite force in New Year JACKIE SAM AFTER A YEAR OF SUCCESS AND BETTER RELATIONS WITH PUBLIC -PROMOTIONS, HIGHER MORALE AND A NEW SET-UP FOR SPECIAL BRANCH TO MAINTAIN LAW AND ORDER I By SINGAPORE, Saturday CHANCES in the Singapore Police Force ant better relations between
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    NANYANG PLANS FOR ENGLISH CLASSES
    162 5 CINGAPORE, Sat —The Nanyang University has made a new effort to absorb students from the English stream of education by setting up special preparatory classes for! them Announcing this today, the head of the Preparatory Class Department, Prof. Liv Eng 8008 said that these classes
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    THREE ASIAN OFFICERS PROMOTED TO ASSISTANT COMMISSIONER
    370 5 CINGAPORE, Sot. Three more Asian police officers of the Singapore Police Force have been promoted from Superintendents to the rank of Assistant Commissioners of Police. The three whose names are announced hi a New Year's promotion list are: Acting ranks Supt. John Le
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    Sunday high tide times
    100 5 TODAY: Sedih Kechll 804 a.m. (7ft. 91n) 10.40 p.m. i »I t 2ini; Singapore 10.03 a.m. 9ft 3uii 11.39 p.m. (Bft. 3in>; Port Dickson 616 am (8f; 8m 6.32 p.m. (7ft. Bini; Port Swettenham 5.25 a.m (12ft. Bin> 6 pm. (12ft 2in>; Penang 12 05 a.m.
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    So much MORE in Free Press
    235 5 So much MORE in Free Press TOMORROW'S Free Press will start 1961 a* it will continue throughout the year with an unrivalled service of local and overseas news, full sports coverage and not -to-be -missed feature articles For punters Allan Lewis will cable an intormative commentary on the New Years
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  • The WOMEN'S Page
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      THEIR DRESSES
      147 6 THKY are not professional models, but Merlyn Koss (above) and Margie nan (above right) wrre happy to pose in the beautiful dresses which they were to wear at a New Year Eve ball in Singapore. The material is organza, whuh is predicted to be a top favourite for
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      ITS 1961! LETS FALL FOR FASHION AND THE NEW
      384 6 ITS 1961! LETS FALL FOR FASHION AND THE NEW LETS take a look into the New Year. Let's fall for fashion and see what the fashion houses and cosmetic firms here have in store for us in the coming 12 months. Clothes have been ordered from overseas, and they are
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      7 minutes from grime to glamour
      184 6 7 minutes from grime to glamour CAN YOU change from grime to glamour in seven minutes? It can be done. This is how one Malayan career girl does it:— Soap and shower: Two minutas. Get thoroughly wet, thoroughly lathered, then step back under the water for rinsing. Don't bother to
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      HOW ABOUT A PINEAPPLE ROLL?
      210 6 HOW ABOUT A PINEAPPLE ROLL? JUICY pineapples are cheap and plentiful in this country, so how about trying the Pineapple Roll. You need eight ounces of flour, one ounre margarine, one dessert spoon sugar, one dessert spoon lemon Juice, one egg yolk, quarter cup »Bter. one tablespoon honey, one small
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      Jigsaw fun from
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      this Xmas card
      339 6 COON it will be Jan. 6, when by rrodition the Christmas season will end. Every little decors i ion relating to the feast will have to be pulled down. It is said that on that day, which Is the Twelfth Night, decorations should be taken down and
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      Footnote on gain
      289 6 fITHE season for lovely 1 sweetmeats and dellclous food Is aim'- <t at an end. There are Ny who have made New Year resolutions to go on diet for the next few weeks to make up for time lost and weight gained. To help us all. I
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    CAROL PARTY BRINGSCHEER TO THE DUSUN
    503 7 CAROL PARTY BRINGSCHEER TO THE DUSUN THE DUSUN, Fri., Doc. 16. SOME year* ago a ten-y«ar-old boy ©t the Dusun came up to the Tuan and said, in Malay: "I hear that the children all over Malaya ore being given toy* and feasts tor Christmas what are you doing about
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    And baby makes three on the road to S'pore
    652 7  -  Chan Chin Bock Meet Nickie, the youngest (only 7 weeks old) overlander By HONEYMOONERS RETURN BY CRIB-IN-CAR TRIP SINGAPORE. Saturday. A young Australian couple have just complc ted a 10,000-mile journey from England across Europe and Asia by car WITH THEIR
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    How Wendy kept wolves at bay
    261 7  -  Ken Hammonds By CINGAPORE, Sot. A 19-year-old girl, who has spent the past eight months hitch-hiking through 25 countries olone, has a formula which has helped her to keep two-legged wolves at bay during her entire journey. The adventurous lass is Miss Sylvia Wendy
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    Holland honours S'pore man
    64 7 SINGAPORE. Sat. Mr. H. Poutsma. representative of the Royal Rotterdam Lloyd in Singapore and Malaya has been appointed Chevalier in the Order of Orange Nassau. He was presented with the insignia by the Netherlands Consul-General in Singapore. Mr. J. G. Kist in the home of Mr.
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    Letters throw new light on Sir Francis
    181 7 Letters throw new light on Sir Francis CINGAPORE, Sat. Recently-discovered letters written in the Thai language by Sir Francis Light, founder or Penang, will be on show during the first international conference of South-East Asia historians which opens here on Jon. 16. Profeswr K. Trrconnin* of the I ■hrcr»its »l
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      17 7 THE Gambols arc spending a quiet New Year. They will be back in this page nexf Sunday.
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    ANNOUNCEMENT
    9 8 m.r4. tit < Wiiiibikib ROSE! DOR LUNtM .~r p.raoa
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    IN MEMORIAM
    17 8 in *m+*. Sit < Wiitim..» IN LOVINC MEMORY gd It I -r -.■tm and arm b*bb
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    Sunday January- 1, 1961 THE YEAR AHEAD
    496 8 Sunday January- 1, 1961 THE YEAR AHEAD rVGKU Abdul Rahmans New Year resolution, as he reveals In a message published In this page, is t.i work harder to ensure greater Malayan consciousness among all the people who consider themMalayans, and to try bring about unity in divr: This should fittingly
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    Work harder for unity, urges Tengku
    1153 8 Work harder for unity, urges Tengku PRIME MINISTERS GREETINGS The following is a Sew Year message from the Prime Minister of the Federation of Malaya, Tengku Abdul Rahman: As the New Year dawns we ;»l I hope for continued peace, happiness and prosperity, and therefore I would like to send
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    The year of the raayat will affect one and all
    416 8 The Deputy Prime Minister of the Federation, Tun Abdul Razak, issued this New Year message: g THE coming New Year is a decisive and important one for the future of the Federation of Malaya because this year will see the
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    POTTERY FINDS SHED NEW LIGHT ON MALAYAN HISTORY
    336 8 POTTERY FINDS SHED NEW LIGHT ON MALAYAN HISTORY MALACCA. Saturday FASCINATING new pages of Malayan history are likely to be written as a result of the endof the year discovery of 7,000 pieces of broken Chinese pottery in the foundations of an ancient building unearthed on St. Paul's Hill here.
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    Good for a laugh
    92 8 r'O men in a bar were talking about ability to foretell the future. "My father knew the exact time «nd date of his death three months before It happened." said one. "Impossible!" replied the other. "No. it's not. The judge told him.' It had been a
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    Should a betrayed woman forgive?
    224 9 Should a betrayed woman forgive? HER WORLD IS ON SALE TODAY TH E magazine for Malayan women it on salt TODAY packed with lively features and colour-illustrat-ed fiction. Should o betrayed wife forgive? Dr. Eustoce Chesser, world fomous psychologist, gives the onswer to this vital human problem in a challenging
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    MAGAZINE DISCLOSES THE EARLY CONFLICTS IN P.A.P.
    826 9 MAGAZINE DISCLOSES THE EARLY CONFLICTS IN P.A.P. Story of party's sixth anniversary growth traced in souvenir SINGAPORE. Saturday. SINGAPORE. Saturday. THE inner conficts, intrigues and struggle for control of the People s Action Part, during the years immediately after its forma rion are disclosed in a party publication issuec today.
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    Grant's adopt three needy girls
    235 9 Grant's adopt three needy girls A YEAR-LONG XMAS PRESENT INSTEAD OF DIARIES. CALENDARS' SINGAPORE, Sat._J IN place of diaries, calendars, or entertainment for their clients this Christmas Grant Advertising, Inc. have "adopted" three children under the care of the Salvation Army Nursery Home in Bukit Timah Road. The company will
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    YONG GREETS A TOP BOY
    181 9 SINGAPORE, Sat. Mr. Yong Nyuk Lin, Minister for Education, this morning congratulated Mr. Kwan Choon Sing, an exstudent of the Dockyard Technical College, for his outstanding performance in the 1960 City and Guilds of London Institute Examinations. These examinations were conducted by the Ministry of
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    RECITAL BY SINGER
    79 9 RECITAL BY SINGER MISS CHEN Li Cbing (above), Shanghai-born coloratura soprano who studied singing in Italy for seven years, will give a recital at the Victoria Theatre in Singapore on Feb. 5. The recital is sponsored by the Singapore Chamber Ensemble. It will be their first concert in 1961. Miss
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    ON PAROLE BOARD
    40 9 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Minister for Labour and Law has appointed Miss Jenny Lav Buong Bee to be a member of the Parole Board under the Children and Young Persons' Ordinance for three years from Dec. 16. 1960.
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    What's on today
    64 9 BAHAI CENTRE: Talk on "Can Religion Contribute to World Peace? by Mr. Van Kee Leong, 10 Amber Road, 5 pm NAKAYANAGURUKULA ASSOCIATION: Indian classical dance class 9 a.m. to 1 p.m. Yoga Class S pm. to 7 p.m. ISTANA NEGARA GROUNDS: Open to public 8 am to
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    TIO IS APPOINTED
    38 9 SINGAPORE, Sat. The Minister for National Development has appointed Mr. Tio Seng chin to be Registrar of the Board of Architects for one year from Dec. 9, 1960, in place of Mr. Lim Koon Poh.
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    Dr. Goh on better use of land in the State
    185 9 CINGAPORE, Sat— Land in the S.ote could be put to better use than for rubber plantations, the Finance Minister, Dr. Goh i Keng Swee, said in the Legislative Assembly on Thursday Moving the Rubber Brtatel Assessment (Amendment) Bill, which was
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    TIN PRICE
    27 9 SINGAPORE. Sat The tin price In Singapore today v.is $389.62 2 a picul. down 37 2 cents and the unofficial estimated offering was 270 tons.
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    COPRA PRICE
    34 9 Singapore Copra Association noon prices per picul on Saturduy: Pair merchantable Bombay mixed copra: Jan. $27 (Nominal). Singapore Coconut Oil MillrrV AnocUUon: bulk $39.. sellers, drum $43 sellers. Tone was quiet,. l
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      384 9 SHIPPING NOTICE T/t "LAOS" I he above vessel is due to berth alongside the S.h.B. Wharves. Godown* 6 7. Omte S. at about 0.00 a.m. today. Ist January 1961. Hoavy luggage should be deliev- 1 ered to and registered at the above godowns between 9.00 and 11.00 a.aa. (SHB godowns
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      132 9 NOTICE TRIVATK ROAD RI NNINO THROUGH LEE LATEX LTD. LAND, SUNGEI KADI'T. It l* hereby notified that th« private road connecting the road leading from Kranji Depot, and the Euncei Kadut Crown Reserve Road w'lirh runs through our Land Lot 71 Mukim XI Kranji Dwill be closed to the Public
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  • Sunday Times Picture Contest
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      YOUR CHEQUE THREE LITTLE BOYS IN $30 PICTURE
      73 10 YOUR CHEQUE THREE LITTLE BOYS IN $30 PICTURE ALL r""i:e-winners will be paid by post. Their cheques be posted to them during the first 10 days of next *h. THE winner of the week's top prize of $30 is "Triplets" iright>, submitted by Ibrahim bin Ahmad, of 408 Berapit Road.
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      The week's runner-up prizes
      72 10 T^HE two runner-up prizes of $10 each go to 'The Three" (below), by Chin Sek Ham, and "Day Dreams" (right), by C. W. Thompson. Mr. Chin, of 22 Erskine Crescent. Penang, used a Konica 111 camera and F.P. 3 film.. Setting: f 2, 1/50 second. Mr.
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      THEIR NAMES LIVE 0N...
      251 10  - THEIR NAMES LIVE 0N... DAVID GUNSTON for Sandwich slwwiny how the names of famous or infamous people of the past live on in the English language today. By SO LONG as men need food, the name of John Montagu, fourth Earl of Sandwich < 1718-1792 1 will remain immortal. Taking
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      Saga of deer
      198 10 BARRY DRISCOLL'S IN 1865 a French missionary named Pere David bribed some Tartar guards to allow him to look over the Chinese Emperors wall, and in doing so discovered a new species of deer. The deer, known to the Chinese as sno-pu-hsiang, meaning "not deer, not ox.
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      HOW TO ENTER
      109 10 ADDRESS your entries: Picture Contest. The Sunday Times. Times House. River Valley Road, Singapore 9. Name and address of sender, with t'tle of picture and details of equipment used and exposure, must be written on the back of every print submitted. The required information should not be
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      190 10 THE Sunday Times will not be responsible for any print that i* lost or damaged. Winner of the second prize of $20 'TODAY'S second prize of $20 is won by "Challenge" below i. by Rocky Yee. of 103 Sembawanjf Road. Singapore 26. Mr Yre usod Rollncord V camera and Ilford
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  • Page 10 Miscellaneous
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    ON THE RECORD Eight brand new discs to start off a 1961 collection
    712 11  - ON THE RECORD Eight brand new discs to start off a 1961 collection Metronome BALLET MUSIC, HAWAIIAN SOUNDS AND ONE OF THE BEST JAZZ ALBUMS By THIS WEEK we have eight new releases that will give the buyer a sound start on his 1961 collection. Each of the LPs is
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    It's a sensation so book early for the recital
    542 11 THESPIS ...IN THE STALLS THE Singapore Musical Society seems to have caused quite a sensation in securing the appearance in Singapore, for a single recital on Jan. 10, of Tatyana Nikolayeva. the celebrated Soviet pianist In a way, this is understandable.
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      452 11 Sunday radio RADIO SINGAPORE b l:al And News e.oa Morning Melodies; 7.00 Mantovani And His AM. 6.30 Good Morning And A 9^^-.^ SlAt^ 730 J Un Happy New Year; 6.32 Morning f^! la r And 7 .35 Song Time: Preluae; 700 The News; 705 t? 0 T^ I m S
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      59 12 U MISS SUPERSHELL 1961 ON BECOMING ■I' W /m m -r l Vfl f 1 1 1 X > il T I 4* MISS SUPEJtSHELI 1961 (Malayan Airways hostt^v N.incy Liew) became Singapore's Queen of Queens over the Christmas season. Congratulations. Miss Supershell! MISS SUPERSHELL WISHES YOU HAPPY MOTORING THROUGHOUT
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      1398 12 TARZAK/S .lON HE RAISE 7 AS A CUS fcEMEW&EKS A^7 C&EYS MV\ I I MAG NO/ HALT 1 f AAi/Zfjn' UAI T IS COMPLETE, UKJTIL IT \S SU77EMLV SMATTERE7. SY ITQ. V fc^^/ JBf' Bfck jV r":" ®P? wee' »ntre round where LIBRA (Sept. 23— Oct. g■fc Jl 1J r-n
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    STOP MARRYING TO CUT INCREASE IN POPULA TION Robert Donat's LAST film...
    647 15 STOP MARRYING TO CUT INCREASE IN POPULA TION Robert Donat's LAST film... AN IPOH READER SUGGESTS HER SOLUTION Don't be a fool! DEAR Know Alls: Why don't people all over the world stop marrying so our planet cannot be overpopulated? MAGGIE ONG. Ipoh. That would wipe out the human race
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    Early divorce —promise of many wives!
    1624 15 ISI N C violence against my mother and and myself, my father has forced me to sign a document, promising to marry a girl he has chosen for me. There are also other conditions, such as an early divorce for me, and a promise
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    WHATS YOUR PROBLEM?
    26 15 WHAT'S your problem? Write to Miss Jane Lee The Sunday Times, Times House, River Valley Road, Singapore 9— and tell her about it.
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    How to tackle a bag of ice?
    75 15 nnHERE H a most attractive girl at my college, but she won t speak to me. How can I tackle this bag of ice, and make sure she falls for me? You soind a ver% conceited young man. Just because she doesn't like
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    But why so sour?
    75 15 T AM a keen reader of your column, but one thing strikes me oddly. Why are you so cynical and sceptical where women are concerned? Have you all been disappointed In love? JUNE. Singapore. No, it's just that we are romantics. We like to think of
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      78 15 FORWARD LITTLE MISS kiY GIRL is two years my junior, and whenever she is owoy I can't do any study. Am I too much in love with her? I am 15. E. A. You or* much too young to be carrying on in such a foolish fashion, and the girl
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      88 15 rHIS CHANGING WORLD... My Word, Malaya has changed a 10t... NOT ONLY MALAYA -THE WHOLE WORLD. AND THINGS ARE STILL MOVING AT A TERRIFIC PACE... Yes, that's what makes it so important these days to have a paper that keeps you in touch, that not only reports events but interprets
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    OUR CYCLISTS HAVE THE METTLE FOR THE MARATHON
    384 16  - OUR CYCLISTS HA VE THE METTLE FOR THE MARATHON MERCURY PAGE 16 SPORTS CORNER By ■THERE were sceptics a plenty among cycling officials when the Malayan Cyclists Federation agreed to a proposal that the 1960 national road racing championships consist of three marathon races held on successive days It was
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    A step in the right direction by SAFA
    313 16 Says JOCK BAIN r Singapore Amateur aall Association has undoubtedly taken a step be right direction by appointing a qualified coach to take over the ing of the Singapore •h team. Ai.d Mr Colin Own. *cri<*>l loiiUiedly h»* f .he :ri*a* about
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    One massed-start per month plan by Army Cycle Club
    181 16 SINGAPORE. Sat—Civilian and Service cyclists in Singapore will have a compact season during the New Year Officials Wt the Singapore Amateur Cycling Association. Army C ychng Club and Koval Air Force C.C.. will meet noon to map out the programme The
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      1444 16 THIS COUPE IS THE ONLY ONE IN MALAYA STRICTLY speaking, champagne does not come from Hie United States. But an American car in which I took a drive recently was such fun to handle that it conjured up visions of champagne at its New Year best. The
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      91 16 WHERE goes another year and with it lots of things X undone, and perhaps many I shouldn't have done. We have another chance in 1961: so a Very Happy and Prosperous New Year to us all! SINGAPORE'S übiquitous V 'bile Squad some in courtesy white, others In
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      8 16 SPORTING SAM by Reg. Wootton #L"^i^ iO>ji£> C^S.
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      81 16 CROSSWORD SOLUTION BTcSrtE S?% 2 *st f ',i S"- tS: Icon; 25. Aga: 27. Venal: 29. In- 14 Adorns Termisipid: 30. Scald; 33. Net; 35 Rule- nate; l 9 Dlv '»c: 22. Tandwn; 24. 36 Ape: 38. Obi; 40. Bar; 41 Cede; 26. Oill; 28. Lupine; 31. Mite: 43. Rum;
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    Forecasts are out, it's wishes only now A 24-FT PLUS LONG JUMP? FASTER IOOM TIMES?
    1794 17  - Forecasts are out, it's wishes only now A 24-FT PLUS LONG JUMP? FASTER IOOM TIMES? JVOB3MAX SIIHI I A RESOLUTION FOR 1961 -AS LONG AS IT CAN BE KEPT «y AND A HOPI THAT OUR SPORTSMEN WILL MAKE THEM ALL COME TRUE LET ME TELL YOU ABOUT MY SPORTING RESOLUTION
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    DISAPPOINTING YEAR FOR ASIAN COUNTRIES
    709 17  -  L. NAKASHIMA By INTERN ATI ON ALLY 1960 was a year of disappointments to Asian nations. For 1960 was the year of the 17th Olympic Games at Rome. Most of the Asian countries sent impressive delegations but their performances were far from sotisfactory.. It was
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    VENIVICI STABLE CAN END YEAR ON A TRIUMPHANT NOTE
    975 18 VENI VICI STABLE CAN END YEAR ON A TRIUMPHANT NOTE TODAY'S BEST BETS Golden Beauty: Ready tor his maiden win, showed definite promise last time out at Kuala Lumpur in November when third to Handsome over 6f Resquilleur: On the upgrade; won like a topflight sprinter last time out at
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    IN MEMORIAM
    56 18 ;u H or*, H» < Mtntmum i IN LOVING MIHO«Y of /n««;>b Thoraaa I>.<- <1 passed «»«y on ]1 «l Inarrtrd by hi* betovrd wife and lo\wl on" IN CHCRIkMCO MEMORY of our b'lo^rd tno'brr Mm Gut Suo Ann of h ng&porr d< -|iar;»-<t on I 'l W>.
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    700 18 THIRD DAY AT Race i J.oo (Class 1, Div. J) 6 Furs. 1 OCB3o Oembira iGiltillan A: Lie Si> R. Breuk 8 9.0 Shaari 2 UB5 Gold Hunt < Asia St.) Budby. 7 812 IV\ Dragon 1 3. 6 Hoi Houw i Penalise Sl.' Noordin. 4 8.11 Ward 3
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    41 18 AUSTRALIA lit Inn, 34« WEST INDIES Ist Inns Hunt* c Simpson b Mission 1 Solomon c Grout b Davidson 0 Kanhoi not out 70 Nurse not out 3S Extras 2 Total (for 7 wktt) 108 Wickets tell out 1, 1.
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    KANHAI, NURSE TAKE WEST INDIES TO 108-2
    543 18 MELBOURNE. Sat. y^ RUN-A-MINUTE third-wicket stand by Rohan Kanhoi (70 not out) and Seymour Nurse (35 not out) saved West Indies from collapse on the second day of the second Test against Australia here today. We.st Indies, who lost two wickets with only
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    Lock icon Top Aussies begin Far East tour
    154 18 SYDNEY. Sat. Thirteen Australian golf professionals will leave for the Far East next month. They are Peter Thomson. Kel Nagle. Norman von Nida. Frank Phillips. Bruce Crampton. Len Woodward. Jim Mclnnes. Darrel Welch. Sid Cowling. Alan Murray. Len Thomas. Eric Cremin. and Billy Sec
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    Lock icon Elliott voted World's No. 1
    78 18 GOTHENBURG. Sweden. SatHerb Elliott, Australia's 1.500 metres Olympic Gold Medallist and World record mller, has been voted "Best athlete In the World during 1960" by sports journalists in Europe. America, Asia ana Australia. Ellioci received 400 votes in a poll organised by the Gothenburg newspaper,
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    40 18 WELLINGTON. Sat.— Opening batsman Roger Prideaux (Kent) hit 110 not out in helping M.CC score 181 for five in reply to Wellington's first innings of 68 on the first day of tneir ihreeday match here today Reuter.
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    35 18 CALCUTTA, Sal- Pakistan, 201-6 overnight, were all out 301 in first innings on second day of third Test against India here today. At tea India had replied with 56 witiiout loss.
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    PENANG MEET PERAK IN KEY MATCH TOMORROW
    231 18 PENANG, Sat- Penang need only to draw witn Perak on Monday to qualify for me final of this year's All Blues Cup rugger competition. Monday's game, which will be played at Western Road, should provide a keen tussle in which Penang, with the
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